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Historical Event on 6/25/1908

Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/9/1935Britain signs the Trade Pack with India.
12/11/1938Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, famous Hindi litterateur and editor, passed away.
1/3/1997Jayalalitha, former Tamil Nadu CM, inprisoned for 27 days, released on bail.
6/3/1901Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam.
4/13/1982Pandit Parmanand, founder member of `Gather Party', passed away.
4/13/1982Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
1/18/1959Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good.
9/10/1858Manilal Nathubhai Dwivedi, great author and father of modern Gujarati poems, was born.
4/20/1997Sheri Bamboat and Hamshad Bamboat win National sea-bird sailing title.
11/27/2000Supreme Court grants bail to four AIADMK men accused in the 2nd February Dharmapuri bus burning incident.